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NASA on Alert: Russia plans to leave an American Astronaut in Space and crash ISS
Mark Vande Hei’s planned return to Earth from orbit at the end of the month is jeopardized by the Russia-Ukraine conflict. On March 30, the Benilde-St. Margaret’s and St. John’s university graduates will parachute into Kazakhstan alongside two Russian cosmonauts. President Joe Biden’s sanctions on Russia, on the other hand, have sparked warnings from the […] More
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NASA’s Curiosity rover spots an intricate mineral Flower on Mars
The rover has been looking for traces of ancient microbial life on Mars for nine years. It first touched down in 2012 and has been studying the planet’s environment and geology ever since. Hundreds of thousands of amazing photographs of the sky and the ground have been taken by Curiosity. It revealed the secrets of […] More
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in FeaturedElon Musk Vows To Save ISS From Russian Space Agency’s Threat
Planet Earth is an obviously frightening place to be at the moment, with tensions growing throughout the globe as the long-running COVID-19 epidemic continues to spread and a conflict between Russia and Ukraine erupts. We can all sleep a bit easier at night, though, knowing that SpaceX CEO Elon Musk will rescue the planet from […] More
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NASA is concerned about Elon Musk’s Plan to launch 30,000 Starlink Satellites!
Elon Musk’s ambitious satellite launch plan has NASA worried that it would convert space into a busy junction, with potentially disastrous ramifications for humans, the International Space Station, and early asteroid detection. Musk’s SpaceX is seeking authorization to launch an extra 30,000 satellites into orbit to build a second-generation “constellation” for its Starlink broadband internet […] More
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NASA and SpaceX are Studying Lagging Parachutes Problem on Crew Dragon Spacecraft: Crew-4 Launch Still on Target
NASA and SpaceX are still looking into the source of the Dragon spacecraft’s delayed parachute openings, a behavior that has not passed any safety criteria and is not expected to postpone the next crewed flight. Officials from the agency and the corporation acknowledged on Friday that teams are looking into the parachute release procedure on […] More
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Successfully Captures Its First Glimmer of Light
The James Webb Space Telescope has reached a crucial milestone in its deployment, with an onboard device detecting its first photons from a distant star. Engineers may now start aligning the space telescope’s 18 mirrors, which will take three months. The $10 billion Webb mission, which is currently in its seventh week, has been as […] More
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NASA reveals Plans to Destroy the International Space Station: De-orbit ISS in January 2031
The International Space Station (ISS) is already in its third decade of advancing scientific knowledge, and experts throughout the globe are optimistic about what it may yet do. The station, however, will not remain indefinitely, and NASA has now issued a paper outlining its intentions to decommission the ISS. Of course, they can not simply […] More
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What NASA’s James Webb Looks Like From Powerful Earth Telescopes: Prepare to be Underwhelmed
The James Webb Space Telescope has had a very interesting month! The telescope spent the weeks after its launch on Christmas Day deploying its mirrors, inspecting individual segments, and then navigating to L2, where it would spend the next 10 to twenty years unraveling the secrets of the universe. James Webb is set to begin […] More
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NASA’s Curiosity Rover Finds a Strong Carbon Signature in Martian Rocks: Could Indicate Biological Activity
As far as we know, carbon is essential for life. As a result, any significant carbon signature found on the surface of Mars might suggest biological activity. Is a high carbon signal in Martian rocks indicative of life processes? When you are looking for life, a strong carbon signal is exciting. It exists in all […] More
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Team Looks Back on Successful Deployments: Let’s celebrate the team that got it there!
The ultimate entry into orbit around the second Lagrange point was the major news for Webb this week. The High-Gain Antenna was also switched on, allowing a downlink to Earth through the Deep Space Network utilizing the Ka radio band. The Ka-band transmits data at a far faster pace than the S-band, which Webb has […] More
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NASA’s $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope Nears its Final Destination in Space
The massive James Webb Space Telescope, built by NASA to provide the world an unparalleled look into the early phases of the cosmos, has been approaching its gravitational parking spot in orbit around the sun, about 1 million miles from Earth. Webb is planned to arrive at a location of orbital stability between the Earth […] More
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Planet X: NASA thinks ‘There’s a possibility of a Hidden Ninth Planet in Our Solar System’
You have undoubtedly overheard scientists and laypeople debating the number of planets in our solar system. People have been demanding that Pluto should be rehabilitated as a planet since it was demoted from planet status in 2006 and lowered to a “dwarf planet.” However, there is a less well-known argument regarding how many planets there […] More
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